Clarion 1982-12-03 Vol 58 No 12

Festival of Christmas
has international flavor
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Students may sell books back
by Robin Leone
The halls are echoing with
choir voices in preparation
for Bethel's 26th annual "Fes-tival
of Christmas," to com-mence
Dec. 3-5.
"Joy to the World" is the
theme this year. According to
Gerald Sundberg, assistant
professor of music, the theme
stresses the international
variety in the band's and
choirs' repertorie. Languages
represented in music are Swed-ish,
Italian, Latin, Spanish,
German, and French.
The two major works of the
program are "Gloria," corn-posed
by Rutter, and "Rus-sian
Christmas Music" by Al-fred
Reed. The Festival Choir,
accompanied by brass and
organ, will perform "Gloria,"
and "Russian Christmas
Music" will be presented by
the band.
The festival program will
open with the traditional
Swedish antiphonal choirs
and the candle procession. A
narrative, included in the pro-gram,
will be done by Robert
Featherstone, associate dean
of administration at Bethel
Seminary.
Gerald Sundberg is the pro-ducer
of this event. However,
according to Sundberg, the
producing and planning have
been the efforts of a commit-tee
consisting of himself and
the four conductors: Robert
Berglund, professor of music;
Mary Fall, associate profes-or
of music; Dr. Bruce Leaf-blad,
associate professor of
church music and worship;
and Charles Olson, associate
professor of music.
The task of the committee
begins in May for the Decem-ber
program. Each conductor
individually selects music for
his or her choir. Then the
committee meets to chose ad-ditional
music for the Festival
Choir. Accoring to Sundberg,
the committee strives for con-trast
from each year to the
next, while maintaining some
tradition.
The public relations office
and other departments have
been involved in the planning
process. The publicity office
designs the brochures and
handles the tickets and mail-ing.
According to Carol Strand-quist,
public relations secre-tary,
approximately 20,000
brochures are sent out to par-ents;
alumni, and churches in
the five-state area.
by Deborah Nelson
Midterms, class presenta-tions,
term papers. You are
barely keeping up when sud-denly
it hits you—an illness
or family emergency that
forces you to miss several
classes. You try to catch up,
but eventually resign yourself
to getting an incomplete, and
finishing the course next sem-ester.
Unusual circumstances
such as a long illness, or sick-ness
or death in the family
that cause a lengthy absence
may justify a student's incom-plete.
The course instructor and
by Diane Henry
Selling books back to Bethel
is one method for students to
get money.
Bethel allows a representa-tive
from a Chicago-based
used book company to come
and buy Bethel's used books
that are not needed.
Bethel pays half price on
used paperbacks and re-sells
them at two-thirds the total
cost. Students 'receive 66.67
per cent on cloth back (hard-cover)
books, and Bethel sells
them at 75 per cent of the total
student must discuss the pos-sibility
of delaying comple-tion
of the course. The stu-dent
then files a petition for
incomplete in the .registrar's
office. The form requires the
reason for the request and the
instructor's signature.
The registrar's office de-cides
whether or not to grant
the–incomplete. "We usually
approve it if the professor
does," said Julie Wentz, regis-tration
systems coordinator.
"But we do have the final
decision."
Any test, paper or other
work required for the course
must be completed by the
middle of the next regular
semester. Students who car-ried
incompletes from last
spring semester had until Oct.
22 to finish their course work.
If a student does not com-plete
the studies at the appoint-ed
time, he or she must con-tact
the registrar's office to
receive an extension. This will
be noted as a WP (work in
progress) on transcripts. If
the office is not notified, the
student will be given an NP
(no credit).
Petitions for incomplete
usually start to come in to the
registrar's office a couple of
weeks after midterms. They
continue until the end of the
semester, according to Wentz.
POs, usually two or three
days during fall and spring
finals week,
Fuller said, "In order to get
the top dollar, students should
sell books for fall classes in
the spring, and books for
spring classes in the fall. This
is when we know which books
are needed."
Fuller said, "It would be
easier to buy used books from
the company, but we want to
help students. It is hard to
anticipate the number of
books needed because of stu-dents
dropping or adding
classes.
"They (applicants) like to
stick it out and try to com-plete
the class," said Wentz.
Although there is no limits
on the number of incompletes
a student can have, it rarely
involves more than two or
three classes.
No refunds are given once
the data specified in the cata-log
has passed, regardless of
whether the class is ever
completed. If a student never
finished an elective class, it
would be noted as an I or WP
on the graduate's final tran-script.
"But that would never
happen for a required course,"
said Wentz.
cost. If the company re-sells
the books, they set no specific
price guidelines.
Bethel will buy back any ,
book as long as it is not mark-ed
up too badly, and it will be
used again. There is no buy-back
for interim books. As
Fuller said, "Bethel students
are very fortunate, since many
stores will not buy back
books." Fuller said that Bethel
tries to get as many used
books as possible so students
will not have to pay full price.
Books can be sold at the
buy-back *window near the
Circumstances can justify incompletes
Witt‘tre
Yes, it's that Christmas
season again, time to
celebrate the birth of
Christ by buying things.
Edgrenites treat
Merritts to Nik Dag
Foreign language learning
develops world citizens
"Sprechen Sie Deutsch?"
"Yeah, sure—Achtung, Wienerschnitzel, Gesundheit. I had
a year in high school, plus four years of Hogan's Heroes."
I asked a German girl if her French were as good as her
English. "No," she said, "I had only 41/2 years of French." Her
answer said a lot.
There's a certain strain of provincialism peculiar to Amer-icans.
Our delusion of national self-sufficiency is translated
into a-decided underemphasis on foreign language learning,
from kindergarten on up.
Both philosophically and practically speaking, linguistic
and/or foreign language study is more than compatible with
the concept of liberal arts. Making possible communication
with writers and speakers of another language puts the
learner in a position to see and understand the world in
ways very different from those he or she would encounter
using only English.
The practical need for foreign language knowledge need
not be spelled out for aware world citizens. And whether we
intend it or not, our ignorance in the area of non-English
languages is interpreted as a sign of national arrogance—
"Let them learn English if they want to talk to us!"
Nobody wants more curriculum requirements to juggle
with; replacement of an existing broader category would be
more appropriate. A foreign language and/or linguistics
requirement at Bethel merits thoughtful, genuine
consideration.
gh letters
Football team 'on top'
despite season record
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Wendy Norberg/sports editor
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College students. Editorial opinions are the
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Letters ore welcome, and must be typewrit-ten,
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--V 1. 1.A. The second lunch with Dean
Jessup is scheduled for Mon-
- day, December 13 at 12:10 in
the Uppsala Room.
1•1• 1•11•1•11 1•MINIIM1 1, _A • spa a
The categories this month are as follows:
• One student living in Edgren
One student living in-Bodien
One student living in Nelson
One student living in Townhouse East
One student living in Townhouse West
One student living in Silvercrest
One student living in Fountain Terrace
One student not living in Bethel owned or leased housing.
The first person in each category to reserve a place with
Doug Briggs, assistant to the dean, (FA428, Extension
#6149), will be invited to the luncheon.
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editorial
Dear editor:
We enjoy reading the Clar-ion.
We would like to let the
Bethel football players and
coaches know we feel they
have just completed a win-ning
season. You have given
us many Saturday afternoons
of real enjoyment.
The scoreboard showed
losses many times, but then
attending the after-game
meetings, our spirits would
soar as we listened to the pos-itive
communication going on
among the players and coach-es—
these meetings are open
to anyone. We can't . praise
you enough for your exem-plary
conduct. Sure, tempers
rose and mistakes were made
during the game, but you were
able to collect yourselves and
come up on top.
Knowing some of the offi-cials,
it thrilled us to have
them come tell us what fine
examples of good sportsman-ship
our football players and
coaches exhibited. The foot-ball
banquet capped it all.
Dud—you have it all together
and we appreciate your up-front
approach with our
young men. You leave a real
testimony they can each
emulate."
Thanks for these two years
we have followed you closely—
it has been uplifting. The best
to each of you—we'll be fol-lowing
closely next year—go
get the title!
God bless you all. You've
represented Bethel well.
Milt & Darlys Westlund
Dear editor,
On Friday evening, Nov.
12, my wife Laurie and I were
instructed by our Resident
Assistants to dress in formal
attire and pack an overnight
bag. We were chauffeured to
the St. Paul Radisson, where
Randy Brunko and Brad Flater
assured us the other RAs
would be waiting for us. As
we got out of the car, Brad
handed me two white enve-lopes.
Little did-we know that
was the last we were to see
anyone remotely connected
with Edgren dorm until the
following day at noon. Off
they drove with our bags and
there we stood with our
mouths wide open, obvious
concern—oh, and two white
envelopes.
The first contained instruc-tions
and more than adequate
funds to dine on top of the
Radisson in the Le Carrosel.
Following a delightful dinner,
we opened the second enve-lope
which had reservations
at the Radisson Plaza. We
checked in and opened the
door to our room, expecting to
be met by six smiling RAs,
only to find three- red roses,
three more envelopes, and six
notes of appreciation, love,
and wishes for a happy Nik
Dag.
We opened the third enve-lope
the next morning and
were instructed to choose a
restaurant in the Town Square
complex for breakfast. Our
guilty consciences led us to
Mac and Don's for cakes and
sausages.
We had the rest of the morn-ing
free and were instructed
in our final envelope to be at
the Garden Court at 11:30.
There we met our RAs and
enjoyed lunch together before
heading home.
Laurie and I would like to
express our sincere thanks to
everyone involved at Edgren
in making this the best Nik
Dag ever. We will not soon
forget this gesture of love and
appreciation.
Sincerely,
Bob and Laurie Merritt
For many years we have
sat idly watching the gradual
demise of the Bethel College
we once knew and attended.
We perservered through the
final gasping breaths of Old
Campus. The 7 a.m. shuttle
bus, snow football in the
quadrangle, and garters for
Nik Dag are fond but dim-ming
memories.
However, we can remain
passive observers no longer.
If Bethel students respond
with blank faces, vacant
stares, and furrowed brows
when the words "Flame Bur-ger"
are uttered, then recogni-tion
must now be given to an
era past.
One could say that the
Flame Burger (a.k.a. The
Flame) is merely a restaurant
located at the corner of Lar-penteur
and Arona. But one
seeking a balm from the col-legiate
frenzy could find wel-come
solace_ in the company
of enlightened comrades while
commiserating over a Ranch
Breakfast or Flameburger
with cheese.
Time grinds to a halt at The
Flame. World problems are
resolved at The Flame. Broken
hearts are mended at The
Flame. Great theses are con-ceived
(and sometimes writ-ten)
... at The Flame. More
than all this, The Flame left
one with renewed visions, and
a deeper appreciation for ag-ing
waitresses, black coffee,
and yesterday's grease. Can it
be true that this is no longer a
part of the unwritten Bethel
curriculum? Go, before The
Flame becomes yet another
Country Kitchen. Preserve
this link to Bethel's past for
both forthcoming generations
and doddering alumnae.
Please, though, don't try to
convince us that Bodien and
Edgren are now co-ed. Some
things are eternal.
Very truly yours,
Gregory W. Addington ('78)
Jane (Kochka) Addington ('79)
Only 15
days
before
Christmas
vacation!!
Alumni
eulogize
`Flame' era
Dear editor,
by Janet Ewing
The fun part of going home for Thanksgiving is definitely
the drive:
There's nothing more festive than an eight-hour car ride
with those who have not yet been introduced to your
personality.
I remember one year for Thanksgiving I rode with a married
couple and another girl I didn't know. On the way down to
Illinois (YIPPEE) we all sat silently, staring out the window.
Boring.
On the way back I was determined to have fun and show
these people what an exciting person I am.
My technique? Twenty questions.
Eight hours' worth of 20 questions can become rather
tedious. Have you ever asked questions for 400 miles solid?
You get to know the people very well, and may also pick up
some potential blackmail information.
After a few painful drives back and forth to school with
strangers, I found a friend that I could usually ride with. We'd
take her sister (who is quite off the wall) and a stranger or two
and play "Welcome to my Personality."
One of us is usually in charge of leading the songs while the
other doles out the Oreos. What a system.
I, of course, pour the coffee.
One vacation we had a girl with a broken leg. If her leg
hadn't been broken I'm sure she would have jumped out of the
car and started walking when she heard our renditions of "I've
been working on the railroad" and "Mamas, don't let your
babies grow up to be cowboys."
Every once in a while we find a kindred spirit who joins
right in. This year we had Dave the football player, who
valiantly struggled to keep up with our confused interpreta-tion
of the "Twelve Days of Christmas."
Seasonal, definitely seasonal.
Other traditions are also a part of our drive.
We always say hello to the orange moose at Black River
Falls Crossing. This year we decided on a name for him. It's
either Hezekiah the Moose or Frederick the Moose. I can't
remember which.
The highlight of the ride is the moment when we are able to
locate WMAQ on our radio dial. Chicago's most listened to
country music radio station. What an extravaganza.
The dreary ride back to Bethel can take on a gala feeling if
only you look upon the long ride as a chance to enhance, or
maybe ruin, a friendship.
The one thing my years at Bethel have taught me is to never
ride with tall people. There is nothing like chewing your knees
for eight hours.
Why am I writing about Thanksgiving rides?
First of all, happy memories of home.
Secondly, Christmas is coming. If you know all the verses to
"Twelve Days of Christmas" you may be able to submit an
application to ride with a bunch of festive people.
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CC December events
by Lynnette Monter
The final two weeks of the
semester start off with the
Festival of Christmas at 8
p.m. and Resident Activity
by Paul C. Davis
While most of the Bethel
population is battling the ice,
snow and cold of a Minnesota
January, a few will be bask-ing
in the sun of Mexico.
This interim Lillian Ryberg,
professor of Spanish, will take
a group of 15 students to
Mexico on a study tour.
"The purpose of the trip is
to help the students become
acquainted with the culture
-and to know the people of
Mexico," said Ryberg. They
will also be helping churches
and doing evangelical work
in Mexico, said Rybere
The 15 students will be
divided into two categories,
according to language knowl-edge.
The group who knows
only a little Spanish will be
working on their language
skills with Ryberg, while the
students with more knowl-edge
of the language will be
working on a cultural project.
The four-week trip will con-sist
of spending one week in
downtown Mexico City,
where the students will visit
tourist attractions such as the
market places, the anthropol-ogy
museum, and the pyr-amids.
_
The second week will be
spent living in Mexican
homes, and learning about the
Mexican lifestyle first-hand.
Dear editor
It was found by Paul John-son's
Introduction to Sociol-ogy
Activist Group IV that
the Bethel Band is discrimi-nating
against women. The
area of discrimination is con-cert
attire. Bethel men can
rent a tuxedo for $20.00,
$10.00, $7.50, and $5.00 each
successive year. They also
have the option of buying the
tuxedo for $45.00 and then
they can keep using it over a
lifetime. They also have the
option of borrowing from a
friend. Since the tuxedos that
the men wear do not have to
match, they have more op-tions.
- The women have to wear
dresses that match and change
from year to year. The cost of -
the materials for these dresses
over the pa? t four years had
Night on Friday evening, Dec.
3. On Saturday, Dec. 4, buses
will leave campus at 11 a.m.
for a shopping spree in down-town
Minneapolis. The buses
will leave the downtown area
During the third week, stu-dents
will go to the coast and
stay with families of the Bap-tist
church that was estab-lished
there by th • BGC. Dur-ing
these two :weeks, the
students will be 'working on
their projects or on "beefing
up" their Spanish.
The hard work of the pro-gram
behind them, the stu-dents
will travel to Acapulco
to spend the last week of their
interim experience relaxing
and soaking up the sun on the
sandy beaches.
Astronomer, educator and
author Karlis Kaufmanis will
give his popular lecture en-titled
"The Star of Bethlehem"
in chapel Monday, Dec. 6. This
lecture is an astronomer's
perspective on the star which
heralded the birth of Christ.
Kaufmanis was professor
of astronomy at the Univer-sity
of Minnesota for 16 years.
He has also held teaching
posts at the French Lyceum,
the University of Latvia,
Gustavus Adolphus College,
Drake University, and other
institutions.
been $20, $0, $20, and $19.
For the year with no material
cost, the women had to pro-vide
-black clothes but the
clothes did not have to match
each other.
Once the women pay for
the material they have to find
time to sew or have the dress
sewn, which also costs
money; the men are just hand-ed
their tuxedo which takes
by 5 p.m. so students may
attend the Festival of Christ-mas
at 8 p.m.
Starting Dec. 6, the Cam-pus
Coordinators will be sell-ing
stuffed Christmas teddy
bears for $2 each at the CC
office.
Tickets for the "Nutcracker
Fantasy" are on sale now in
the CC office for $7. Perfor-mances
are Dec. 9 and 10 at 8
p.m. at the Northrop Audi-torium.
Buses will leave at 7
p.m. This ballet is performed
by the Minneapolis Dance
Company and Orchestra.
On Friday, Dec. 10, there
will .be a Christmas celebra
tiOn in the Coffee Shop from
11-3"p.m. The Bethel Jazz En-semble
will perform all day
and students can join together
and sing Christmas carols at
2:30 p.m.
, Tickets will go on sale on
Dec. 4 for the Servant concert
at Augsburg College on Dec.
11.
The author of 20 books,
Kaufmanis is the recipient of
several awards from the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and is
listed in American Men of
Science and Who's Who in
America. He has given over
1200 lectures, with "The Star
of Bethlehem" the most popu-lar
of these, having also been
broadcast on the Voice of
America and ABC's Good
Morning America. Kaufmanis
and this lecture have also been
featured in the Washington
Post, Chicago Tribune, Peo-ple
Magazine and other period-icals.
up practically none of their
time
In conclusion, women are
discriminated in two ways:
their clothing costs more, and
it is assumed that they know
how to sew or can find a way
to get the dress sewn.
Sincerely,
Activist Group IV
POs 818, 707, 1568, 482,
1158, 562, and 1233
Students on Mexican trip
learn Spanish in sunshine
Speaker illuminates
`Star of Bethlehem'
Band attire policy unfair to women
--._ '7=7
Copeland/photo
Woodward/photo
Baptist Student Union
Christian
organizations
at Bethel
Prayer Chapel
by Neal Bernards
Bethel's Baptist Student
Union (BSU), a college minis-tries
organization, is support-ed
by the Southern Baptist
Conference, yet that does not
exclude others from joining.
"At the University of Wis-consin-
Green Bay, (UW-GB)
three-quarters of our members
were Methodists," said Jon
Nolan, president of Bethel's
BSU.
The student-run BSU serves
those interested in outreach
programs and fellowship.
Though Bethel's BSU has only
five members, Nolan is confi-dent
of the chapter's success.
"At the UW-GB, we started
the school year with two mem-bers
and ended with 23."
Involvement in local
churches is stressed by the
BSU. "We want students to
by Paul C. Davis
The Prayer Chapel is quiet
and reverent. The room is
glowing with the light of burn-ing
candles; music is playing
in the background.
This is the setting for Cata-combs,
the informal prayer
and sharing service that meets
every Sunday night at 8 p.m.
in the Prayer Chapel.
become established in a
church before they graduate,"
said John Horn, director of
the BSU at Bethel, North-western,
and the U of M. This
is Horn's first year in the
Twin Cities, having served
previously in Texas.
"I'm excited about the
Bethel-BSU combination. The
potential here is phenome-nal,"
said Horn. "College stu-dents
have a lot to offer. They
are a great resource in the
local church."
Students have an oppor-tunity
for extensive missions
work through the BSU. "We
have the largest summer mis-sion
project of any organiza-
Catacombs is a time of per-sonal,
quiet worship. It is a
time to be quiet and open to
the Lord, said the student
organizers of Catacombs. The
student organizers' group,
which consists of Dan Nel-son,
Jim Whitworth, Craig
Johnson, Ann Guenther and
JoAnn McCall, feel that Cata-combs
can be a real source of
community strength. "It is a
lion," said Horn. Student mis-sionaries
serve in every region
of the U.S. and in 78 countries.
The BSU operates nation-ally
on 1100 campuses. It be-gan
in the south around 1920
and came to Minnesota seven
years ago.
BSU activities include Bible
studies, films, prayer and
praise services, and local out-reach
programs.
time to learn from those
around you, and to realize
that you're not alone," said
McCall.
Each week there is a differ-ent
theme, and the Bible read-ing
and music revolve around
that theme. "Catacombs offers
everyone an opportunity to
come and fellowship; it's not
a clique," said Nelson.
Whitworth added, "You put
into it what you want to get
ouLof it."
According to Nelson, Cata-combs
has been meeting at
Bethel for at least the past
seven years. The name Cata-combs
is taken from the
underground catacombs in
Rome. In the early days of
Christianity, when many
Christians were being perse-cuted,
Christians often met
down in these catacombs to
escape the Roman persecution
and to encourage one another.
The informal service begins
with candlelight and music.
Participants sit separately on
the floor in a quiet, worship-ful
attitude. The evening's
theme is introduced and there
is a time of scripture reading
and sharing. Prayer is an in-tegral
part of the entire pro-gram.
There are extended
periods of time between shar-ing
and scripture reading for
personal reflection and medi-tation.
Catacombs is an opportu-nity
for the entire Bethel com-munity
to worship God in an
informal, personal way.
by Dave Pikal
Each week Bethel College
students go to the U of M to
share their faith.
"We approach Campus Cru-sade
for Christ as a 'compli-ment
for the ministry of the
school, by providing practical
training and opportunities in
evangelism," said Dave Preb-le,
an active member of
Campus Crusade. "We realize
random evangelism is not the
most effective form of evan-gelism.
But one must consider
that here at Bethel we really
don't have many alternatives
for getting involved in evan-gelism."
Preble noted that there is a
misconception in the method-ology
of Campus Crusade for
Christ (CC). "You see some
people preaching up a storm,
gathering attention by their
actions rather than by their
words. CC prefers to concen-trate
on the individual. If some-one
looks lonely we go to
them and talk with them. If
they indicate an interest in
religious matters we share
with them the gospel. If they
are not interested, we have
by Debbie Myhrer
The Prayer Chapel is "es-sentially
a room we can use
for groups and individuals to
get off by themselves for
prayer, Bible study and fel-lowship,"
according to Cam-pus
Pastor Jim Spickelmier.
"It's used almost every hour
of the day," said Lisa Gruber,
secretary/receptionist for
campus ministries.
Twenty-four groups or in-made
a new friend."
CC uses three models in
sharing the gospel. One is
through casual conversation.
Another way, which is espe-cially
helpful to those who
have never shared before, is
by using the "University Re-ligious
Questionnaire." This
is a survey which asks ques-tions
about a variety of top-ics,
including religion. It is
generally received well by
university students. A third
way is through parties and
other activities.
"Before someone actually
shares we encourage them to
accompany an experienced
CC'er who has witnessed be-fore,"
said Preble. "General-ly
the new person will become
more comfortable with evan-gelism
and be able to go out
alone."
Besides witnessing at the
university, CC has regular
discipleship meetings. These
meetings are designed for
members to uplift one another
while learning more about
God's Word. Eventually future
leaders will be developed
through these meetings.
dividuals are presently sched-uled
on a premanent basis to
use the Prayer Chapel. Other
individuals or groups may
sign up on a schedule outside
the Prayer Chapel or may see
the campus ministries office
for a permanent weekly time.
"Every year," said Spickel-mier,
"we get suggestions to
have more rooms like the
Prayer Chapel." Although
there are no plans for addi-tional
private rooms, Gruber
"Campus Crusade is an on-going
organization," said
Preble. "We do not wish to
compete with other evangeli-cal
or Christian groups.
Rather, we offer ourselves as
one aspect of learning how to
share our faith and to explore
our potential growth.
Campus Crusade also spon-sors
two major events each
year. One is a conference on
missions, which takes place
over Christmas break. The
other is a trip to Daytona
Beach.
"Daytona Beach is noted for
being the most popular vaca-tion
place during spring
break," noted Prebble. "There
are literally wall-to-wall kids
there. We go there with the
purpose of serving Christ by
sharing Him with the kids.
We also organize activities
for them to participate in—
things like large-scale volley-ball
games and slow-motion
football.
Bill and Tracy Andrews are
the directors of Bethel's in-volvement
in CC, but the em-phasis
this year is on student
leadership.
said, "We do have a need for
another area."
According to Gruber, there
have been some problems
with the use of the Prayer
Chapel, such as eating and
leaving a mess in the chapel,
or using it for romantic inter-by
Amy Goss
"Inter-Varsity Christian fel-lowship
is a student-run or-ganization
with the purpose
of proclaiming Christ on cam-pus,"
said Don Hauser, co-coordinator
for IVCF. The
headquarters is in Madison,
Wis., with established chap-ters
in colleges and universi-ties
throughout the nation.
"The main emphasis of the
organization is spiritual
growth, focusing specifically
on missions, evangelism and
discipleship," explained
Hauser. IVCF forms small
study groups to prepare mem-bers
for missions and evange-lism.
"Large group meetings
help unify the small groups
and help them to see them-selves
as part of a larger
whole," said Hauser.
"We have five discipleship
groups and two mission
groups," said Hauser. Alto-gether
there are about 60 peo-ple
involved.
IVCF is generally found on
secular campuses. It is rare
for it to be on a Christian
campus, said Hauser. IVCF
stresses the importance of
spiritual growth on a daily
basis. "There is potential for
greater growth on a Christian
campus because we can func-tion
on a deeper level. There
are some basic presupposi-tions
we can assume on a
Christian campus," said
Hauser.
ludes or studying. These prob-lems
are occurring less since
more care groups and Bible
groups meet in the Prayer
Chapel, Gruber said.
The Prayer Chapel is lo-cated
by Doc's Corner in the
AC building, bottom floor.
The group feels evangelism
can still be accomplished on a
Christian campus and also
prepares and encourages its
members to practice evange-lism
elsewhere. IVCF does not
sponsor its own evangelism
activities but it is invited to
go along with Campus - Cru-sade
on its activities.
IVCF is not primarily a
social organization. Its aim is
to help individuals grow and
develop as Christians. "IVCF
plans to work more closely
with the other organizations
at Bethel this year," said
Hauser.
The group wants to open
itself as a resource to the
community. "I am constantly
amazed at the amount of re-sources
available through
IVCF. Numerous good books
are available that challenge
us to break out of our own
little world and see the larger
world around us," said Hauser.
Slide presentations and films
are also available through
IVCF. "We are qualified to
provide training in leadership
and help in many ways," said
Hauser.
IVCF meets Tuesday and
Thursday mornings from 7:30
to 8 to pray in the prayer
chapel. "IVCF isn't for every-one
but I'd like people to try
it," said Hauser. "Go to a large
or small group meeting and
see if it is for you. If not, find
another place where you do
fit in and start serving others."
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Some seniors caught off guard; opt for fifth year
The reasons vary. Accord- level.
ing to Merritt, some students "Students are often not
do not realize that some course aware of what is specifically
credits are just as important required in their concentra-as
others. Some students fail tion and cognates," said Mer-to
take Physical Education ritt.
(PE) components; others think The registrar's office assists
that being in a varsity sport seniors in many ways, pre-replaces
the component re- paring them to meet gradua-quirement.
tion requirements. On Novem-ber
1, the registrar's office
Another area students neg- sent a contract to each senior.
lect is the requirement of "We try to prepare the stu-classes
at or above the 200- dents so it is not a shock to
taken, the courses presently dents with , course credit
being taken, number of inter- trouble. Merritt said, "I want
im credits and PE components. to make sure each senior is
It also lists extra-curriculars doing O.K. on the courses he
required for certain concen- or she has left."
tration such as choir for music
students.
by Sandy Holasek
"I plan on the fifth-year
senior plan," is a common
joke among Bethel students.
For some seniors, though, the
fifth-year plan is reality.
This year, out of approxi-mately
425 seniors, 20 to 25
will not graduate. Assistant
Registrar Laurie Merritt said,
"The majority of the 20 to 25
students know beforehand
that they will not graduate."
them if they are missing some-thing,"
said Merritt. The sheet
lists the student's concentra-tion
and cognate courses, the
courses that remain to be
In addition to contracts, the
registrar sends preliminary
grade reports to instructors
who have seniors in their
classes. If instructurs indicate
a senior is failing in a course,
the registrar's office makes an
appointment to meet with the
instructor and student. In the
last two weeks Merritt has
spent hours meeting with stu-
Official transcripts must be
turned in by May 1. Students
that do not have the 34 course
credits will not graduate in
the spring. If they are missing
only one-fourth or one-half of
a credit, can they go through
the graduation ceremonies
promising to finish in the sum-mer?
According to Merritt,
this cannot be done because it
is hard to draw the line in
how close is close enough.
Senate
meeting
cancelled
Two new bills were pro-posed
at the Nov. 22 Student
Senate meeting. One con-cerned
reimbursement for un-authorized
spending, and the
other was a request for travel
funds for Board of Regents
meetings.
The meeting scheduled for
Nov. 29 was not called into
session because too few sena-tors
were present to reach a
quorum. According to senior
senator Bonnie Coleman, this
is the first time that has
happened.
A vote on the two bills will
take place at the next meeting.
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the Clarion page 7
NAIA meet ends season for Wallace, Clark events
by Wendy Norberg
On November 18 at 12 noon,
the men's cross country team
met by the PE doors for the
last time of their 1982 season.
They met to send off team-mates
and NAIA national
qualifiers Greg "Wally" Wal-lace
and John "JC" Clark, and
to offer last minute support.
At the meet, held in Keno-sha,
Wisconsin, Wallace ran
26:44 for 102nd place. He ad-mitted
that he got caught up
in the excitement of the meet
and "I went out way too fast,"
he said. Clark, who placed
161st with a 27:10 clocking,
also expressed regret over his
performance. "I wasn't pre-pared
for everyone running
for the front right away. I
made the mistake of not going
out fast enough and got be-hind,"
he said.
"It was not your usual
meet," said Clark. The field
consisted of at least 300 run-ners
and "almost everyone
deserved to be there." Both
men summed it up as a learn-ing
experience and hope to go
back next year for another try.
Wallace, a junior art major
and transfer from Golden
by Todd Erickson
Make way, Minnesota—
any ice rink within five miles
of Bethel College is in imme-diate
danger of being invaded.
The reason is clear: broom-ball
fever has struck again.
Bethel intramural (IM) broom-ball
teams will take to the ice
for their first games Jan. 6,
and pick-up games could start
as soon as ice arrives to stay.
"Broomball is a winter insti-tution
at Bethel," said IM
Director Craig Haugen. "It is
probably the most popular
intramural sport (at Bethel)."
There will be 28 "A" league
teams competing, and 20 "B"
league teams. The teams are
co-ed, with four men and four
women on the ice at a time.
Haugen said this is the same
format as last year, and judg-ing
from the popularity of the
sport, a successful format.
Junior Greg "The Mole"
Howell, a member of the
Renegade Ice Cows last year,
said, "Everybody on our team
really enjoyed it (broomball).
The games were competitive,
and tough sometimes, but you
could still go and shake hands
with the other team when the
game was over."
Each team will play six
Valley Lutheran, was very
pleased with his first season
at Bethel. "I set some personal
records and made all of my
season goals," he said. Clark,
also a junior and a transfer
from Oregon, was pleased
to have remained healthy
through an entire season.
"This was my first full season
since high school," he said.
Considering his original goals
for the season he felt he had a
"good, but not great" year.
Both runners have been
members of successful cross
country and track teams since
high school but felt that being
part of Bethel's close, sup-portive
squad highlighted the
whole season and contributed
to their successes. Trips like
the one to regionals in Bemidji
were memorable for Wallace
where he felt the team really
came together as a unit. Both
men pointed out that regard-less
of ability, everyone was
equally a part of the team and
everyone experienced improve-ment.
Clark attributed the
bond of the team to more
than their running, to "the
attitude of the coach and our
common Christianity. I've
been on teams at other places
games, starting Jan. 6 and
continuing through the end of
the month, with the play-offs
taking place around the sec-ond
week of February.
Sign-up for this year's ac-tion
will be Dec. 6-10, and the
team rosters will be accepted
on a first-come, first-served
basis. The team fee (around
$40) must accompany the
roster.
where there were better run-ners
but they didn't have the
closeness of Bethel's team."
Senior Tom Plocker was
also honored for his efforts
this season. He, along with 19
other runners across the na-tion,
was named to the Aca-demic
All-American list.
Coaches in the NAIA choose
from a list of applicants who
have not only run consistently
well over the season, but have
also maintained a 3.5 or bet-ter
GPA and were recom-mended
by the faculties of
their school. Plocker joked
that the award is "ruining my
dumb jock image," but Coach
Whittaker commented that
the award is quite an honor,
and one which Plocker
deserved.
Finals
Schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 14
E 8:30-10:30
J, K 12-2
A 3:30-5:30
Wednesday, Dec. 15
F 8:30-10:30
I 12-2
B 3:30-5:30
Thursday, Dec. 16
G 8:30-10:30
L 12-2
C 3:30-5:30
Friday, Dec. 17
H 8:30-10:30
M 12-2
D 3:30-5:30
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sports Comets fall, N-Western outplays Royals
by Wendy Norberg .
The women's basketball
team opened its 1982-83 sea-son
with a 66-43 victory over
the Bethel alumni and a 85 - 70
triumph over the college of S,t.
Benedict's.
Nine alumni women return-ed
Nov. 20 to take on the var-sity
and everyone got a chance
for plenty of action. "We used
it as an experience game, to
get rid of first-game jitters,"
said first-year coach Vonda
Bjorklund.
Although the varsity beat
the alumni, their play was not
up to potential. "I didn't know
what to expect against St.
Ben's," said Bjorklund. But
from the first jump ball on
Nov. 23, Bethel dominated the
game, and the women played
well ahead of Bjorklund's ex-pectations
for this early in the
by John Lilleberg
After a slow start, it ap-pears
that the Bethel hockey
team is ready to aim for one of
the top spots in the conference.
The season began with a 6-
5 loss to Gustavus. It was a
very physical contest in which
the Royals played relatively
well. Scoring for Bethel were
Scott Mayer, Scott Prigge, Rob
Skanse, Eric Dye and Eric
Bottila. Defenseman Rob
Skanse summed-up the team's'
effort, "We played pretty well.
We were working hard but
we had too many penalties."
In the next game, Bethel fell
6-3 to St. Scholastica. The
loss was especially disap-pointing
since the team did
not play to its potential. Scor-ing
for the Royals were Jeff
Eklund, Gary Shibrowski and
Jim Laporte.
The disappointing loss to
St. Scholastica did not keep
the team down for long, how-ever.
At the MIAC tourna-ment,
Bethel's powerful of-fense
finally began to assert
itself.
The Royals began the tour-name
n t, by defeating St.
Mary's 5-2. The win marked
the first time Bethel had ever
won a first-round game in the
tourim:Tient. Bethel goals were
scored by Scott Prigge, Scott
Thomas, Jim Laporte and two
season.
Kim Christianson was high
scorer with 18 points but.the
balanced, total team effort led
to the win. During the first
half "the defense shined
most," said Bjorklund. "It was
our first chance to play our
press and we took to it well."
The second half of the game
proved the ;team could put
together an offensive ball
game as well. Bjorklund said
the Royals' strong point is
their depth all the way down
the bench, and everyone on
the team got in playing time.
The squad's next home
game is Dec. 10, and Bjork-lund
hopes the good fan sup-port
seen at the last game will
continue. "We've got quick-ness
all over the court," she
said, "and our fans would
agree that we are fun to
watch."
by Scott Mayer.
In the semi-finals, Bethel
played an impressive overall
game in shelling St. Thomas
7-3. After a scoreless first
period, the Royals' powerful
offense began to dominate
play. Scoring for the Royals
were Jim Nelson, Dave Palm-quist,
Bruce Nord and two
goals each from Scott Dahl-strom
and Scott Prigge. It
was a good performance both
offensively and defensively.
According to defenseman Eric
Bottila, "We moved the puck
well and we skated well ... It
was a good overall game."
Bethel continued to play
well in the finals against Gus-tavus.
The game featured
strong goal-tending from the
Gustavus goalie as well as
from Bethel goalie Bob Atol.
Although the final score was
2 - 1 for the Gusties, the Roy-als
performed admirably.
Scott Mayer scored the Roy-als
only goal with an assist
from Scott Prigge. Coach
Craig Dahl was pleased with
the team's effort, "It was a
great game. We had nothing
to be sad about—we just ran
into a hot goalie. Our goalie
(Bob Atol) played well too,"
The Royal's next game will
be Dec. 3 at 7:45 at Columbia
against St. Olaf.
by John Clark
A season of high expecta-tions
fueled by an impressive
opening victory was dampen-ed
somewhat by a tough loss
as the Royal men's basketball
team finished its first week of
play.
by Rich Whybrew
Linda Channer and Wendy
Norberg became Bethel's first-ever
women cross-country
All-Americans as a result of
their finishes in the NCAA
CONGRATS
Congratulations to
volleyball players Gra-cia
Dahlberg and . Pam
Madsen who were re-cently
chosen to the
MIAC All-Conference
volleyball team. Twelve
individuals are picked
for this honor from the
entire conference.
Madsen also made the
team last year and she
was then the first Bethel
player to make it, so
having two players
make the squad is also a
Bethel first. The Royal
varsity team ended its
conference season with
a 7-2 record and fourth
place overall, which is
the best finish in Bethel
volleyball history.
Bethel had five players in
double-figure scoring in its
first game against Concordia-
St. Paul (83-51) on Nov. 20.
The game was highlighted by
Jason Velgersdyk's 1000th
career point as a Royal player.
"I thought we ran well and
rebounded well," said coach
George Palke, "but our shoot-
Div. III national meet in Fre-donia,
New York on Nov. 20.
"I was scared going into the
race because I didn't know
what to expect," said Chan-ner.
"I was thinking about fin-ishing
in the top 50 as a goal,
but then Wendy started talk-ing
about finishing in the top
ten as a goal, and that helped
me to get a little more confi-dence."
Norberg had mixed feelings
about her own performance.
"It was a good race to end the
season and my college career,
but I think the last couple of
races I had before this one
indicated I should have had a
better last race." Channer
placed 12th and Norberg 23rd
in a field of over 300 runners
from all over the nation. The
top 25 individuals were named
All-American.
For Channer the race capped
off an "enjoyable" season.
"What I liked most was run-ning
with a Christian team
and coach; that was really
nice."
ing was off some."
Palke also credited Bethel's
superior size in enabling the
Royals to do as they pleased
against the Comet defense.
"The inside game gave us
our lead," he said. "When they
(Concordia St. Paul) went to
close it down our perimeter
people took over."
In Bethel's next game
against Northwestern on Nov.
27 no one seemed willing to
take over when necessary as
the Royals fell by a 63-60. score.
A "lack of effort and inten-sity"
was the Royals' down-fall
as 24 turnovers eventu-ally
helped Northwestern take
its final lead with less than a
minute remaining. Bethel had
two chances in the end to
regain its lead but was unable
to capitalize on either oppor-tunity.
"Losing is tough," said
Palke. "Losing is tougher
when you don't play well to-gether
... and we didn't play
well."
Bethel will have plenty of
chances to redeem itself dur-ing
the Royals' week-long trip
to Florida. There Bethel will
play four games in five days,
concluding with contests Dec.
3 and 4.
On Wednesday Bethel
opens the conference season
against defending MIAC
champion Concordia-Moor-head,
a team Palke describes
She will have two more
years to run for the Royals,
but her All-American team-mate
Norberg will graduate
at the end of the fall semester.
The national meet marked an
ending and a beginning in her
career. "The last college race
makes you feel like something
has ended, but it's really a
beginning for me too," said
Norberg. "Now I can run other
races outside of college and
really train for them."
Norberg plans to train for
one or two 26-mile marathons
coming up this summer. She
says she has hopes of running
fast enough to qualify for the
Olympic Trials marathon for
women. "I have no delusions
of grandeur about making the
Olympic Team, but my most
immediate goal is making the
time standard for the Olym-pic
Trial race."
Channer's plans are more
immediate, but they also in-volve
much training. "I'm go-ing
to start working hard to
get ready for track," she said.
B-Ball team beats
Alumni, St. Ben's
Skaters start slow,
aim to conference, top
Rich Jaeger goes up for a shot during Bethel's season opener, an 83-51 as "favorite" to defend its title.
victory over Concordia-St. Paul. The game will be played at
Copeland/photo Moorhead.
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Festival of Christmas
has international flavor
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ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA Clarion vol. 58, no. 12 3900 bethel dr., st. pout, mn 55112 december 3, 1982
Students may sell books back
by Robin Leone
The halls are echoing with
choir voices in preparation
for Bethel's 26th annual "Fes-tival
of Christmas," to com-mence
Dec. 3-5.
"Joy to the World" is the
theme this year. According to
Gerald Sundberg, assistant
professor of music, the theme
stresses the international
variety in the band's and
choirs' repertorie. Languages
represented in music are Swed-ish,
Italian, Latin, Spanish,
German, and French.
The two major works of the
program are "Gloria," corn-posed
by Rutter, and "Rus-sian
Christmas Music" by Al-fred
Reed. The Festival Choir,
accompanied by brass and
organ, will perform "Gloria,"
and "Russian Christmas
Music" will be presented by
the band.
The festival program will
open with the traditional
Swedish antiphonal choirs
and the candle procession. A
narrative, included in the pro-gram,
will be done by Robert
Featherstone, associate dean
of administration at Bethel
Seminary.
Gerald Sundberg is the pro-ducer
of this event. However,
according to Sundberg, the
producing and planning have
been the efforts of a commit-tee
consisting of himself and
the four conductors: Robert
Berglund, professor of music;
Mary Fall, associate profes-or
of music; Dr. Bruce Leaf-blad,
associate professor of
church music and worship;
and Charles Olson, associate
professor of music.
The task of the committee
begins in May for the Decem-ber
program. Each conductor
individually selects music for
his or her choir. Then the
committee meets to chose ad-ditional
music for the Festival
Choir. Accoring to Sundberg,
the committee strives for con-trast
from each year to the
next, while maintaining some
tradition.
The public relations office
and other departments have
been involved in the planning
process. The publicity office
designs the brochures and
handles the tickets and mail-ing.
According to Carol Strand-quist,
public relations secre-tary,
approximately 20,000
brochures are sent out to par-ents;
alumni, and churches in
the five-state area.
by Deborah Nelson
Midterms, class presenta-tions,
term papers. You are
barely keeping up when sud-denly
it hits you—an illness
or family emergency that
forces you to miss several
classes. You try to catch up,
but eventually resign yourself
to getting an incomplete, and
finishing the course next sem-ester.
Unusual circumstances
such as a long illness, or sick-ness
or death in the family
that cause a lengthy absence
may justify a student's incom-plete.
The course instructor and
by Diane Henry
Selling books back to Bethel
is one method for students to
get money.
Bethel allows a representa-tive
from a Chicago-based
used book company to come
and buy Bethel's used books
that are not needed.
Bethel pays half price on
used paperbacks and re-sells
them at two-thirds the total
cost. Students 'receive 66.67
per cent on cloth back (hard-cover)
books, and Bethel sells
them at 75 per cent of the total
student must discuss the pos-sibility
of delaying comple-tion
of the course. The stu-dent
then files a petition for
incomplete in the .registrar's
office. The form requires the
reason for the request and the
instructor's signature.
The registrar's office de-cides
whether or not to grant
the–incomplete. "We usually
approve it if the professor
does," said Julie Wentz, regis-tration
systems coordinator.
"But we do have the final
decision."
Any test, paper or other
work required for the course
must be completed by the
middle of the next regular
semester. Students who car-ried
incompletes from last
spring semester had until Oct.
22 to finish their course work.
If a student does not com-plete
the studies at the appoint-ed
time, he or she must con-tact
the registrar's office to
receive an extension. This will
be noted as a WP (work in
progress) on transcripts. If
the office is not notified, the
student will be given an NP
(no credit).
Petitions for incomplete
usually start to come in to the
registrar's office a couple of
weeks after midterms. They
continue until the end of the
semester, according to Wentz.
POs, usually two or three
days during fall and spring
finals week,
Fuller said, "In order to get
the top dollar, students should
sell books for fall classes in
the spring, and books for
spring classes in the fall. This
is when we know which books
are needed."
Fuller said, "It would be
easier to buy used books from
the company, but we want to
help students. It is hard to
anticipate the number of
books needed because of stu-dents
dropping or adding
classes.
"They (applicants) like to
stick it out and try to com-plete
the class," said Wentz.
Although there is no limits
on the number of incompletes
a student can have, it rarely
involves more than two or
three classes.
No refunds are given once
the data specified in the cata-log
has passed, regardless of
whether the class is ever
completed. If a student never
finished an elective class, it
would be noted as an I or WP
on the graduate's final tran-script.
"But that would never
happen for a required course,"
said Wentz.
cost. If the company re-sells
the books, they set no specific
price guidelines.
Bethel will buy back any ,
book as long as it is not mark-ed
up too badly, and it will be
used again. There is no buy-back
for interim books. As
Fuller said, "Bethel students
are very fortunate, since many
stores will not buy back
books." Fuller said that Bethel
tries to get as many used
books as possible so students
will not have to pay full price.
Books can be sold at the
buy-back *window near the
Circumstances can justify incompletes
Witt‘tre
Yes, it's that Christmas
season again, time to
celebrate the birth of
Christ by buying things.
Edgrenites treat
Merritts to Nik Dag
Foreign language learning
develops world citizens
"Sprechen Sie Deutsch?"
"Yeah, sure—Achtung, Wienerschnitzel, Gesundheit. I had
a year in high school, plus four years of Hogan's Heroes."
I asked a German girl if her French were as good as her
English. "No," she said, "I had only 41/2 years of French." Her
answer said a lot.
There's a certain strain of provincialism peculiar to Amer-icans.
Our delusion of national self-sufficiency is translated
into a-decided underemphasis on foreign language learning,
from kindergarten on up.
Both philosophically and practically speaking, linguistic
and/or foreign language study is more than compatible with
the concept of liberal arts. Making possible communication
with writers and speakers of another language puts the
learner in a position to see and understand the world in
ways very different from those he or she would encounter
using only English.
The practical need for foreign language knowledge need
not be spelled out for aware world citizens. And whether we
intend it or not, our ignorance in the area of non-English
languages is interpreted as a sign of national arrogance—
"Let them learn English if they want to talk to us!"
Nobody wants more curriculum requirements to juggle
with; replacement of an existing broader category would be
more appropriate. A foreign language and/or linguistics
requirement at Bethel merits thoughtful, genuine
consideration.
gh letters
Football team 'on top'
despite season record
the
Clarion
JoAnn Watkins/editor
Anita Boerg/associate editor
Wendy Norberg/sports editor
Ginger Hope/copy editor
Don Copeland/photography editor
Jerry Manus/editorial assistant
Debbie Myfirer/editorial assistant
Pom Sundeen/business manager
Tammy Gregersen/ad sales
Brian S. Anderson/graphic editor
The Clarion is published weekly by Bethel
College students. Editorial opinions are the
sole responsibility of those who write them.
Letters ore welcome, and must be typewrit-ten,
signed, and delivered to the Clarion.
office (LM 1X) by 8 am. the Monday
before publication.
Batty Rinehart/cartoonist
Janet Ewing/columnist
Marty Stanchfield/columnist
John Clark/sports writer
John Lilleberg/sports writer
Rich Wh*ew/sports writer
Don Velie/photographer
Don Woodword/photographer
--V 1. 1.A. The second lunch with Dean
Jessup is scheduled for Mon-
- day, December 13 at 12:10 in
the Uppsala Room.
1•1• 1•11•1•11 1•MINIIM1 1, _A • spa a
The categories this month are as follows:
• One student living in Edgren
One student living in-Bodien
One student living in Nelson
One student living in Townhouse East
One student living in Townhouse West
One student living in Silvercrest
One student living in Fountain Terrace
One student not living in Bethel owned or leased housing.
The first person in each category to reserve a place with
Doug Briggs, assistant to the dean, (FA428, Extension
#6149), will be invited to the luncheon.
page 2 the Clarion december 3, 1982
editorial
Dear editor:
We enjoy reading the Clar-ion.
We would like to let the
Bethel football players and
coaches know we feel they
have just completed a win-ning
season. You have given
us many Saturday afternoons
of real enjoyment.
The scoreboard showed
losses many times, but then
attending the after-game
meetings, our spirits would
soar as we listened to the pos-itive
communication going on
among the players and coach-es—
these meetings are open
to anyone. We can't . praise
you enough for your exem-plary
conduct. Sure, tempers
rose and mistakes were made
during the game, but you were
able to collect yourselves and
come up on top.
Knowing some of the offi-cials,
it thrilled us to have
them come tell us what fine
examples of good sportsman-ship
our football players and
coaches exhibited. The foot-ball
banquet capped it all.
Dud—you have it all together
and we appreciate your up-front
approach with our
young men. You leave a real
testimony they can each
emulate."
Thanks for these two years
we have followed you closely—
it has been uplifting. The best
to each of you—we'll be fol-lowing
closely next year—go
get the title!
God bless you all. You've
represented Bethel well.
Milt & Darlys Westlund
Dear editor,
On Friday evening, Nov.
12, my wife Laurie and I were
instructed by our Resident
Assistants to dress in formal
attire and pack an overnight
bag. We were chauffeured to
the St. Paul Radisson, where
Randy Brunko and Brad Flater
assured us the other RAs
would be waiting for us. As
we got out of the car, Brad
handed me two white enve-lopes.
Little did-we know that
was the last we were to see
anyone remotely connected
with Edgren dorm until the
following day at noon. Off
they drove with our bags and
there we stood with our
mouths wide open, obvious
concern—oh, and two white
envelopes.
The first contained instruc-tions
and more than adequate
funds to dine on top of the
Radisson in the Le Carrosel.
Following a delightful dinner,
we opened the second enve-lope
which had reservations
at the Radisson Plaza. We
checked in and opened the
door to our room, expecting to
be met by six smiling RAs,
only to find three- red roses,
three more envelopes, and six
notes of appreciation, love,
and wishes for a happy Nik
Dag.
We opened the third enve-lope
the next morning and
were instructed to choose a
restaurant in the Town Square
complex for breakfast. Our
guilty consciences led us to
Mac and Don's for cakes and
sausages.
We had the rest of the morn-ing
free and were instructed
in our final envelope to be at
the Garden Court at 11:30.
There we met our RAs and
enjoyed lunch together before
heading home.
Laurie and I would like to
express our sincere thanks to
everyone involved at Edgren
in making this the best Nik
Dag ever. We will not soon
forget this gesture of love and
appreciation.
Sincerely,
Bob and Laurie Merritt
For many years we have
sat idly watching the gradual
demise of the Bethel College
we once knew and attended.
We perservered through the
final gasping breaths of Old
Campus. The 7 a.m. shuttle
bus, snow football in the
quadrangle, and garters for
Nik Dag are fond but dim-ming
memories.
However, we can remain
passive observers no longer.
If Bethel students respond
with blank faces, vacant
stares, and furrowed brows
when the words "Flame Bur-ger"
are uttered, then recogni-tion
must now be given to an
era past.
One could say that the
Flame Burger (a.k.a. The
Flame) is merely a restaurant
located at the corner of Lar-penteur
and Arona. But one
seeking a balm from the col-legiate
frenzy could find wel-come
solace_ in the company
of enlightened comrades while
commiserating over a Ranch
Breakfast or Flameburger
with cheese.
Time grinds to a halt at The
Flame. World problems are
resolved at The Flame. Broken
hearts are mended at The
Flame. Great theses are con-ceived
(and sometimes writ-ten)
... at The Flame. More
than all this, The Flame left
one with renewed visions, and
a deeper appreciation for ag-ing
waitresses, black coffee,
and yesterday's grease. Can it
be true that this is no longer a
part of the unwritten Bethel
curriculum? Go, before The
Flame becomes yet another
Country Kitchen. Preserve
this link to Bethel's past for
both forthcoming generations
and doddering alumnae.
Please, though, don't try to
convince us that Bodien and
Edgren are now co-ed. Some
things are eternal.
Very truly yours,
Gregory W. Addington ('78)
Jane (Kochka) Addington ('79)
Only 15
days
before
Christmas
vacation!!
Alumni
eulogize
`Flame' era
Dear editor,
by Janet Ewing
The fun part of going home for Thanksgiving is definitely
the drive:
There's nothing more festive than an eight-hour car ride
with those who have not yet been introduced to your
personality.
I remember one year for Thanksgiving I rode with a married
couple and another girl I didn't know. On the way down to
Illinois (YIPPEE) we all sat silently, staring out the window.
Boring.
On the way back I was determined to have fun and show
these people what an exciting person I am.
My technique? Twenty questions.
Eight hours' worth of 20 questions can become rather
tedious. Have you ever asked questions for 400 miles solid?
You get to know the people very well, and may also pick up
some potential blackmail information.
After a few painful drives back and forth to school with
strangers, I found a friend that I could usually ride with. We'd
take her sister (who is quite off the wall) and a stranger or two
and play "Welcome to my Personality."
One of us is usually in charge of leading the songs while the
other doles out the Oreos. What a system.
I, of course, pour the coffee.
One vacation we had a girl with a broken leg. If her leg
hadn't been broken I'm sure she would have jumped out of the
car and started walking when she heard our renditions of "I've
been working on the railroad" and "Mamas, don't let your
babies grow up to be cowboys."
Every once in a while we find a kindred spirit who joins
right in. This year we had Dave the football player, who
valiantly struggled to keep up with our confused interpreta-tion
of the "Twelve Days of Christmas."
Seasonal, definitely seasonal.
Other traditions are also a part of our drive.
We always say hello to the orange moose at Black River
Falls Crossing. This year we decided on a name for him. It's
either Hezekiah the Moose or Frederick the Moose. I can't
remember which.
The highlight of the ride is the moment when we are able to
locate WMAQ on our radio dial. Chicago's most listened to
country music radio station. What an extravaganza.
The dreary ride back to Bethel can take on a gala feeling if
only you look upon the long ride as a chance to enhance, or
maybe ruin, a friendship.
The one thing my years at Bethel have taught me is to never
ride with tall people. There is nothing like chewing your knees
for eight hours.
Why am I writing about Thanksgiving rides?
First of all, happy memories of home.
Secondly, Christmas is coming. If you know all the verses to
"Twelve Days of Christmas" you may be able to submit an
application to ride with a bunch of festive people.
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december 3, 1982 the Clarion page 3
CC December events
by Lynnette Monter
The final two weeks of the
semester start off with the
Festival of Christmas at 8
p.m. and Resident Activity
by Paul C. Davis
While most of the Bethel
population is battling the ice,
snow and cold of a Minnesota
January, a few will be bask-ing
in the sun of Mexico.
This interim Lillian Ryberg,
professor of Spanish, will take
a group of 15 students to
Mexico on a study tour.
"The purpose of the trip is
to help the students become
acquainted with the culture
-and to know the people of
Mexico," said Ryberg. They
will also be helping churches
and doing evangelical work
in Mexico, said Rybere
The 15 students will be
divided into two categories,
according to language knowl-edge.
The group who knows
only a little Spanish will be
working on their language
skills with Ryberg, while the
students with more knowl-edge
of the language will be
working on a cultural project.
The four-week trip will con-sist
of spending one week in
downtown Mexico City,
where the students will visit
tourist attractions such as the
market places, the anthropol-ogy
museum, and the pyr-amids.
_
The second week will be
spent living in Mexican
homes, and learning about the
Mexican lifestyle first-hand.
Dear editor
It was found by Paul John-son's
Introduction to Sociol-ogy
Activist Group IV that
the Bethel Band is discrimi-nating
against women. The
area of discrimination is con-cert
attire. Bethel men can
rent a tuxedo for $20.00,
$10.00, $7.50, and $5.00 each
successive year. They also
have the option of buying the
tuxedo for $45.00 and then
they can keep using it over a
lifetime. They also have the
option of borrowing from a
friend. Since the tuxedos that
the men wear do not have to
match, they have more op-tions.
- The women have to wear
dresses that match and change
from year to year. The cost of -
the materials for these dresses
over the pa? t four years had
Night on Friday evening, Dec.
3. On Saturday, Dec. 4, buses
will leave campus at 11 a.m.
for a shopping spree in down-town
Minneapolis. The buses
will leave the downtown area
During the third week, stu-dents
will go to the coast and
stay with families of the Bap-tist
church that was estab-lished
there by th • BGC. Dur-ing
these two :weeks, the
students will be 'working on
their projects or on "beefing
up" their Spanish.
The hard work of the pro-gram
behind them, the stu-dents
will travel to Acapulco
to spend the last week of their
interim experience relaxing
and soaking up the sun on the
sandy beaches.
Astronomer, educator and
author Karlis Kaufmanis will
give his popular lecture en-titled
"The Star of Bethlehem"
in chapel Monday, Dec. 6. This
lecture is an astronomer's
perspective on the star which
heralded the birth of Christ.
Kaufmanis was professor
of astronomy at the Univer-sity
of Minnesota for 16 years.
He has also held teaching
posts at the French Lyceum,
the University of Latvia,
Gustavus Adolphus College,
Drake University, and other
institutions.
been $20, $0, $20, and $19.
For the year with no material
cost, the women had to pro-vide
-black clothes but the
clothes did not have to match
each other.
Once the women pay for
the material they have to find
time to sew or have the dress
sewn, which also costs
money; the men are just hand-ed
their tuxedo which takes
by 5 p.m. so students may
attend the Festival of Christ-mas
at 8 p.m.
Starting Dec. 6, the Cam-pus
Coordinators will be sell-ing
stuffed Christmas teddy
bears for $2 each at the CC
office.
Tickets for the "Nutcracker
Fantasy" are on sale now in
the CC office for $7. Perfor-mances
are Dec. 9 and 10 at 8
p.m. at the Northrop Audi-torium.
Buses will leave at 7
p.m. This ballet is performed
by the Minneapolis Dance
Company and Orchestra.
On Friday, Dec. 10, there
will .be a Christmas celebra
tiOn in the Coffee Shop from
11-3"p.m. The Bethel Jazz En-semble
will perform all day
and students can join together
and sing Christmas carols at
2:30 p.m.
, Tickets will go on sale on
Dec. 4 for the Servant concert
at Augsburg College on Dec.
11.
The author of 20 books,
Kaufmanis is the recipient of
several awards from the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and is
listed in American Men of
Science and Who's Who in
America. He has given over
1200 lectures, with "The Star
of Bethlehem" the most popu-lar
of these, having also been
broadcast on the Voice of
America and ABC's Good
Morning America. Kaufmanis
and this lecture have also been
featured in the Washington
Post, Chicago Tribune, Peo-ple
Magazine and other period-icals.
up practically none of their
time
In conclusion, women are
discriminated in two ways:
their clothing costs more, and
it is assumed that they know
how to sew or can find a way
to get the dress sewn.
Sincerely,
Activist Group IV
POs 818, 707, 1568, 482,
1158, 562, and 1233
Students on Mexican trip
learn Spanish in sunshine
Speaker illuminates
`Star of Bethlehem'
Band attire policy unfair to women
--._ '7=7
Copeland/photo
Woodward/photo
Baptist Student Union
Christian
organizations
at Bethel
Prayer Chapel
by Neal Bernards
Bethel's Baptist Student
Union (BSU), a college minis-tries
organization, is support-ed
by the Southern Baptist
Conference, yet that does not
exclude others from joining.
"At the University of Wis-consin-
Green Bay, (UW-GB)
three-quarters of our members
were Methodists," said Jon
Nolan, president of Bethel's
BSU.
The student-run BSU serves
those interested in outreach
programs and fellowship.
Though Bethel's BSU has only
five members, Nolan is confi-dent
of the chapter's success.
"At the UW-GB, we started
the school year with two mem-bers
and ended with 23."
Involvement in local
churches is stressed by the
BSU. "We want students to
by Paul C. Davis
The Prayer Chapel is quiet
and reverent. The room is
glowing with the light of burn-ing
candles; music is playing
in the background.
This is the setting for Cata-combs,
the informal prayer
and sharing service that meets
every Sunday night at 8 p.m.
in the Prayer Chapel.
become established in a
church before they graduate,"
said John Horn, director of
the BSU at Bethel, North-western,
and the U of M. This
is Horn's first year in the
Twin Cities, having served
previously in Texas.
"I'm excited about the
Bethel-BSU combination. The
potential here is phenome-nal,"
said Horn. "College stu-dents
have a lot to offer. They
are a great resource in the
local church."
Students have an oppor-tunity
for extensive missions
work through the BSU. "We
have the largest summer mis-sion
project of any organiza-
Catacombs is a time of per-sonal,
quiet worship. It is a
time to be quiet and open to
the Lord, said the student
organizers of Catacombs. The
student organizers' group,
which consists of Dan Nel-son,
Jim Whitworth, Craig
Johnson, Ann Guenther and
JoAnn McCall, feel that Cata-combs
can be a real source of
community strength. "It is a
lion," said Horn. Student mis-sionaries
serve in every region
of the U.S. and in 78 countries.
The BSU operates nation-ally
on 1100 campuses. It be-gan
in the south around 1920
and came to Minnesota seven
years ago.
BSU activities include Bible
studies, films, prayer and
praise services, and local out-reach
programs.
time to learn from those
around you, and to realize
that you're not alone," said
McCall.
Each week there is a differ-ent
theme, and the Bible read-ing
and music revolve around
that theme. "Catacombs offers
everyone an opportunity to
come and fellowship; it's not
a clique," said Nelson.
Whitworth added, "You put
into it what you want to get
ouLof it."
According to Nelson, Cata-combs
has been meeting at
Bethel for at least the past
seven years. The name Cata-combs
is taken from the
underground catacombs in
Rome. In the early days of
Christianity, when many
Christians were being perse-cuted,
Christians often met
down in these catacombs to
escape the Roman persecution
and to encourage one another.
The informal service begins
with candlelight and music.
Participants sit separately on
the floor in a quiet, worship-ful
attitude. The evening's
theme is introduced and there
is a time of scripture reading
and sharing. Prayer is an in-tegral
part of the entire pro-gram.
There are extended
periods of time between shar-ing
and scripture reading for
personal reflection and medi-tation.
Catacombs is an opportu-nity
for the entire Bethel com-munity
to worship God in an
informal, personal way.
by Dave Pikal
Each week Bethel College
students go to the U of M to
share their faith.
"We approach Campus Cru-sade
for Christ as a 'compli-ment
for the ministry of the
school, by providing practical
training and opportunities in
evangelism," said Dave Preb-le,
an active member of
Campus Crusade. "We realize
random evangelism is not the
most effective form of evan-gelism.
But one must consider
that here at Bethel we really
don't have many alternatives
for getting involved in evan-gelism."
Preble noted that there is a
misconception in the method-ology
of Campus Crusade for
Christ (CC). "You see some
people preaching up a storm,
gathering attention by their
actions rather than by their
words. CC prefers to concen-trate
on the individual. If some-one
looks lonely we go to
them and talk with them. If
they indicate an interest in
religious matters we share
with them the gospel. If they
are not interested, we have
by Debbie Myhrer
The Prayer Chapel is "es-sentially
a room we can use
for groups and individuals to
get off by themselves for
prayer, Bible study and fel-lowship,"
according to Cam-pus
Pastor Jim Spickelmier.
"It's used almost every hour
of the day," said Lisa Gruber,
secretary/receptionist for
campus ministries.
Twenty-four groups or in-made
a new friend."
CC uses three models in
sharing the gospel. One is
through casual conversation.
Another way, which is espe-cially
helpful to those who
have never shared before, is
by using the "University Re-ligious
Questionnaire." This
is a survey which asks ques-tions
about a variety of top-ics,
including religion. It is
generally received well by
university students. A third
way is through parties and
other activities.
"Before someone actually
shares we encourage them to
accompany an experienced
CC'er who has witnessed be-fore,"
said Preble. "General-ly
the new person will become
more comfortable with evan-gelism
and be able to go out
alone."
Besides witnessing at the
university, CC has regular
discipleship meetings. These
meetings are designed for
members to uplift one another
while learning more about
God's Word. Eventually future
leaders will be developed
through these meetings.
dividuals are presently sched-uled
on a premanent basis to
use the Prayer Chapel. Other
individuals or groups may
sign up on a schedule outside
the Prayer Chapel or may see
the campus ministries office
for a permanent weekly time.
"Every year," said Spickel-mier,
"we get suggestions to
have more rooms like the
Prayer Chapel." Although
there are no plans for addi-tional
private rooms, Gruber
"Campus Crusade is an on-going
organization," said
Preble. "We do not wish to
compete with other evangeli-cal
or Christian groups.
Rather, we offer ourselves as
one aspect of learning how to
share our faith and to explore
our potential growth.
Campus Crusade also spon-sors
two major events each
year. One is a conference on
missions, which takes place
over Christmas break. The
other is a trip to Daytona
Beach.
"Daytona Beach is noted for
being the most popular vaca-tion
place during spring
break," noted Prebble. "There
are literally wall-to-wall kids
there. We go there with the
purpose of serving Christ by
sharing Him with the kids.
We also organize activities
for them to participate in—
things like large-scale volley-ball
games and slow-motion
football.
Bill and Tracy Andrews are
the directors of Bethel's in-volvement
in CC, but the em-phasis
this year is on student
leadership.
said, "We do have a need for
another area."
According to Gruber, there
have been some problems
with the use of the Prayer
Chapel, such as eating and
leaving a mess in the chapel,
or using it for romantic inter-by
Amy Goss
"Inter-Varsity Christian fel-lowship
is a student-run or-ganization
with the purpose
of proclaiming Christ on cam-pus,"
said Don Hauser, co-coordinator
for IVCF. The
headquarters is in Madison,
Wis., with established chap-ters
in colleges and universi-ties
throughout the nation.
"The main emphasis of the
organization is spiritual
growth, focusing specifically
on missions, evangelism and
discipleship," explained
Hauser. IVCF forms small
study groups to prepare mem-bers
for missions and evange-lism.
"Large group meetings
help unify the small groups
and help them to see them-selves
as part of a larger
whole," said Hauser.
"We have five discipleship
groups and two mission
groups," said Hauser. Alto-gether
there are about 60 peo-ple
involved.
IVCF is generally found on
secular campuses. It is rare
for it to be on a Christian
campus, said Hauser. IVCF
stresses the importance of
spiritual growth on a daily
basis. "There is potential for
greater growth on a Christian
campus because we can func-tion
on a deeper level. There
are some basic presupposi-tions
we can assume on a
Christian campus," said
Hauser.
ludes or studying. These prob-lems
are occurring less since
more care groups and Bible
groups meet in the Prayer
Chapel, Gruber said.
The Prayer Chapel is lo-cated
by Doc's Corner in the
AC building, bottom floor.
The group feels evangelism
can still be accomplished on a
Christian campus and also
prepares and encourages its
members to practice evange-lism
elsewhere. IVCF does not
sponsor its own evangelism
activities but it is invited to
go along with Campus - Cru-sade
on its activities.
IVCF is not primarily a
social organization. Its aim is
to help individuals grow and
develop as Christians. "IVCF
plans to work more closely
with the other organizations
at Bethel this year," said
Hauser.
The group wants to open
itself as a resource to the
community. "I am constantly
amazed at the amount of re-sources
available through
IVCF. Numerous good books
are available that challenge
us to break out of our own
little world and see the larger
world around us," said Hauser.
Slide presentations and films
are also available through
IVCF. "We are qualified to
provide training in leadership
and help in many ways," said
Hauser.
IVCF meets Tuesday and
Thursday mornings from 7:30
to 8 to pray in the prayer
chapel. "IVCF isn't for every-one
but I'd like people to try
it," said Hauser. "Go to a large
or small group meeting and
see if it is for you. If not, find
another place where you do
fit in and start serving others."
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Some seniors caught off guard; opt for fifth year
The reasons vary. Accord- level.
ing to Merritt, some students "Students are often not
do not realize that some course aware of what is specifically
credits are just as important required in their concentra-as
others. Some students fail tion and cognates," said Mer-to
take Physical Education ritt.
(PE) components; others think The registrar's office assists
that being in a varsity sport seniors in many ways, pre-replaces
the component re- paring them to meet gradua-quirement.
tion requirements. On Novem-ber
1, the registrar's office
Another area students neg- sent a contract to each senior.
lect is the requirement of "We try to prepare the stu-classes
at or above the 200- dents so it is not a shock to
taken, the courses presently dents with , course credit
being taken, number of inter- trouble. Merritt said, "I want
im credits and PE components. to make sure each senior is
It also lists extra-curriculars doing O.K. on the courses he
required for certain concen- or she has left."
tration such as choir for music
students.
by Sandy Holasek
"I plan on the fifth-year
senior plan," is a common
joke among Bethel students.
For some seniors, though, the
fifth-year plan is reality.
This year, out of approxi-mately
425 seniors, 20 to 25
will not graduate. Assistant
Registrar Laurie Merritt said,
"The majority of the 20 to 25
students know beforehand
that they will not graduate."
them if they are missing some-thing,"
said Merritt. The sheet
lists the student's concentra-tion
and cognate courses, the
courses that remain to be
In addition to contracts, the
registrar sends preliminary
grade reports to instructors
who have seniors in their
classes. If instructurs indicate
a senior is failing in a course,
the registrar's office makes an
appointment to meet with the
instructor and student. In the
last two weeks Merritt has
spent hours meeting with stu-
Official transcripts must be
turned in by May 1. Students
that do not have the 34 course
credits will not graduate in
the spring. If they are missing
only one-fourth or one-half of
a credit, can they go through
the graduation ceremonies
promising to finish in the sum-mer?
According to Merritt,
this cannot be done because it
is hard to draw the line in
how close is close enough.
Senate
meeting
cancelled
Two new bills were pro-posed
at the Nov. 22 Student
Senate meeting. One con-cerned
reimbursement for un-authorized
spending, and the
other was a request for travel
funds for Board of Regents
meetings.
The meeting scheduled for
Nov. 29 was not called into
session because too few sena-tors
were present to reach a
quorum. According to senior
senator Bonnie Coleman, this
is the first time that has
happened.
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take place at the next meeting.
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the Clarion page 7
NAIA meet ends season for Wallace, Clark events
by Wendy Norberg
On November 18 at 12 noon,
the men's cross country team
met by the PE doors for the
last time of their 1982 season.
They met to send off team-mates
and NAIA national
qualifiers Greg "Wally" Wal-lace
and John "JC" Clark, and
to offer last minute support.
At the meet, held in Keno-sha,
Wisconsin, Wallace ran
26:44 for 102nd place. He ad-mitted
that he got caught up
in the excitement of the meet
and "I went out way too fast,"
he said. Clark, who placed
161st with a 27:10 clocking,
also expressed regret over his
performance. "I wasn't pre-pared
for everyone running
for the front right away. I
made the mistake of not going
out fast enough and got be-hind,"
he said.
"It was not your usual
meet," said Clark. The field
consisted of at least 300 run-ners
and "almost everyone
deserved to be there." Both
men summed it up as a learn-ing
experience and hope to go
back next year for another try.
Wallace, a junior art major
and transfer from Golden
by Todd Erickson
Make way, Minnesota—
any ice rink within five miles
of Bethel College is in imme-diate
danger of being invaded.
The reason is clear: broom-ball
fever has struck again.
Bethel intramural (IM) broom-ball
teams will take to the ice
for their first games Jan. 6,
and pick-up games could start
as soon as ice arrives to stay.
"Broomball is a winter insti-tution
at Bethel," said IM
Director Craig Haugen. "It is
probably the most popular
intramural sport (at Bethel)."
There will be 28 "A" league
teams competing, and 20 "B"
league teams. The teams are
co-ed, with four men and four
women on the ice at a time.
Haugen said this is the same
format as last year, and judg-ing
from the popularity of the
sport, a successful format.
Junior Greg "The Mole"
Howell, a member of the
Renegade Ice Cows last year,
said, "Everybody on our team
really enjoyed it (broomball).
The games were competitive,
and tough sometimes, but you
could still go and shake hands
with the other team when the
game was over."
Each team will play six
Valley Lutheran, was very
pleased with his first season
at Bethel. "I set some personal
records and made all of my
season goals," he said. Clark,
also a junior and a transfer
from Oregon, was pleased
to have remained healthy
through an entire season.
"This was my first full season
since high school," he said.
Considering his original goals
for the season he felt he had a
"good, but not great" year.
Both runners have been
members of successful cross
country and track teams since
high school but felt that being
part of Bethel's close, sup-portive
squad highlighted the
whole season and contributed
to their successes. Trips like
the one to regionals in Bemidji
were memorable for Wallace
where he felt the team really
came together as a unit. Both
men pointed out that regard-less
of ability, everyone was
equally a part of the team and
everyone experienced improve-ment.
Clark attributed the
bond of the team to more
than their running, to "the
attitude of the coach and our
common Christianity. I've
been on teams at other places
games, starting Jan. 6 and
continuing through the end of
the month, with the play-offs
taking place around the sec-ond
week of February.
Sign-up for this year's ac-tion
will be Dec. 6-10, and the
team rosters will be accepted
on a first-come, first-served
basis. The team fee (around
$40) must accompany the
roster.
where there were better run-ners
but they didn't have the
closeness of Bethel's team."
Senior Tom Plocker was
also honored for his efforts
this season. He, along with 19
other runners across the na-tion,
was named to the Aca-demic
All-American list.
Coaches in the NAIA choose
from a list of applicants who
have not only run consistently
well over the season, but have
also maintained a 3.5 or bet-ter
GPA and were recom-mended
by the faculties of
their school. Plocker joked
that the award is "ruining my
dumb jock image," but Coach
Whittaker commented that
the award is quite an honor,
and one which Plocker
deserved.
Finals
Schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 14
E 8:30-10:30
J, K 12-2
A 3:30-5:30
Wednesday, Dec. 15
F 8:30-10:30
I 12-2
B 3:30-5:30
Thursday, Dec. 16
G 8:30-10:30
L 12-2
C 3:30-5:30
Friday, Dec. 17
H 8:30-10:30
M 12-2
D 3:30-5:30
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sports Comets fall, N-Western outplays Royals
by Wendy Norberg .
The women's basketball
team opened its 1982-83 sea-son
with a 66-43 victory over
the Bethel alumni and a 85 - 70
triumph over the college of S,t.
Benedict's.
Nine alumni women return-ed
Nov. 20 to take on the var-sity
and everyone got a chance
for plenty of action. "We used
it as an experience game, to
get rid of first-game jitters,"
said first-year coach Vonda
Bjorklund.
Although the varsity beat
the alumni, their play was not
up to potential. "I didn't know
what to expect against St.
Ben's," said Bjorklund. But
from the first jump ball on
Nov. 23, Bethel dominated the
game, and the women played
well ahead of Bjorklund's ex-pectations
for this early in the
by John Lilleberg
After a slow start, it ap-pears
that the Bethel hockey
team is ready to aim for one of
the top spots in the conference.
The season began with a 6-
5 loss to Gustavus. It was a
very physical contest in which
the Royals played relatively
well. Scoring for Bethel were
Scott Mayer, Scott Prigge, Rob
Skanse, Eric Dye and Eric
Bottila. Defenseman Rob
Skanse summed-up the team's'
effort, "We played pretty well.
We were working hard but
we had too many penalties."
In the next game, Bethel fell
6-3 to St. Scholastica. The
loss was especially disap-pointing
since the team did
not play to its potential. Scor-ing
for the Royals were Jeff
Eklund, Gary Shibrowski and
Jim Laporte.
The disappointing loss to
St. Scholastica did not keep
the team down for long, how-ever.
At the MIAC tourna-ment,
Bethel's powerful of-fense
finally began to assert
itself.
The Royals began the tour-name
n t, by defeating St.
Mary's 5-2. The win marked
the first time Bethel had ever
won a first-round game in the
tourim:Tient. Bethel goals were
scored by Scott Prigge, Scott
Thomas, Jim Laporte and two
season.
Kim Christianson was high
scorer with 18 points but.the
balanced, total team effort led
to the win. During the first
half "the defense shined
most," said Bjorklund. "It was
our first chance to play our
press and we took to it well."
The second half of the game
proved the ;team could put
together an offensive ball
game as well. Bjorklund said
the Royals' strong point is
their depth all the way down
the bench, and everyone on
the team got in playing time.
The squad's next home
game is Dec. 10, and Bjork-lund
hopes the good fan sup-port
seen at the last game will
continue. "We've got quick-ness
all over the court," she
said, "and our fans would
agree that we are fun to
watch."
by Scott Mayer.
In the semi-finals, Bethel
played an impressive overall
game in shelling St. Thomas
7-3. After a scoreless first
period, the Royals' powerful
offense began to dominate
play. Scoring for the Royals
were Jim Nelson, Dave Palm-quist,
Bruce Nord and two
goals each from Scott Dahl-strom
and Scott Prigge. It
was a good performance both
offensively and defensively.
According to defenseman Eric
Bottila, "We moved the puck
well and we skated well ... It
was a good overall game."
Bethel continued to play
well in the finals against Gus-tavus.
The game featured
strong goal-tending from the
Gustavus goalie as well as
from Bethel goalie Bob Atol.
Although the final score was
2 - 1 for the Gusties, the Roy-als
performed admirably.
Scott Mayer scored the Roy-als
only goal with an assist
from Scott Prigge. Coach
Craig Dahl was pleased with
the team's effort, "It was a
great game. We had nothing
to be sad about—we just ran
into a hot goalie. Our goalie
(Bob Atol) played well too,"
The Royal's next game will
be Dec. 3 at 7:45 at Columbia
against St. Olaf.
by John Clark
A season of high expecta-tions
fueled by an impressive
opening victory was dampen-ed
somewhat by a tough loss
as the Royal men's basketball
team finished its first week of
play.
by Rich Whybrew
Linda Channer and Wendy
Norberg became Bethel's first-ever
women cross-country
All-Americans as a result of
their finishes in the NCAA
CONGRATS
Congratulations to
volleyball players Gra-cia
Dahlberg and . Pam
Madsen who were re-cently
chosen to the
MIAC All-Conference
volleyball team. Twelve
individuals are picked
for this honor from the
entire conference.
Madsen also made the
team last year and she
was then the first Bethel
player to make it, so
having two players
make the squad is also a
Bethel first. The Royal
varsity team ended its
conference season with
a 7-2 record and fourth
place overall, which is
the best finish in Bethel
volleyball history.
Bethel had five players in
double-figure scoring in its
first game against Concordia-
St. Paul (83-51) on Nov. 20.
The game was highlighted by
Jason Velgersdyk's 1000th
career point as a Royal player.
"I thought we ran well and
rebounded well," said coach
George Palke, "but our shoot-
Div. III national meet in Fre-donia,
New York on Nov. 20.
"I was scared going into the
race because I didn't know
what to expect," said Chan-ner.
"I was thinking about fin-ishing
in the top 50 as a goal,
but then Wendy started talk-ing
about finishing in the top
ten as a goal, and that helped
me to get a little more confi-dence."
Norberg had mixed feelings
about her own performance.
"It was a good race to end the
season and my college career,
but I think the last couple of
races I had before this one
indicated I should have had a
better last race." Channer
placed 12th and Norberg 23rd
in a field of over 300 runners
from all over the nation. The
top 25 individuals were named
All-American.
For Channer the race capped
off an "enjoyable" season.
"What I liked most was run-ning
with a Christian team
and coach; that was really
nice."
ing was off some."
Palke also credited Bethel's
superior size in enabling the
Royals to do as they pleased
against the Comet defense.
"The inside game gave us
our lead," he said. "When they
(Concordia St. Paul) went to
close it down our perimeter
people took over."
In Bethel's next game
against Northwestern on Nov.
27 no one seemed willing to
take over when necessary as
the Royals fell by a 63-60. score.
A "lack of effort and inten-sity"
was the Royals' down-fall
as 24 turnovers eventu-ally
helped Northwestern take
its final lead with less than a
minute remaining. Bethel had
two chances in the end to
regain its lead but was unable
to capitalize on either oppor-tunity.
"Losing is tough," said
Palke. "Losing is tougher
when you don't play well to-gether
... and we didn't play
well."
Bethel will have plenty of
chances to redeem itself dur-ing
the Royals' week-long trip
to Florida. There Bethel will
play four games in five days,
concluding with contests Dec.
3 and 4.
On Wednesday Bethel
opens the conference season
against defending MIAC
champion Concordia-Moor-head,
a team Palke describes
She will have two more
years to run for the Royals,
but her All-American team-mate
Norberg will graduate
at the end of the fall semester.
The national meet marked an
ending and a beginning in her
career. "The last college race
makes you feel like something
has ended, but it's really a
beginning for me too," said
Norberg. "Now I can run other
races outside of college and
really train for them."
Norberg plans to train for
one or two 26-mile marathons
coming up this summer. She
says she has hopes of running
fast enough to qualify for the
Olympic Trials marathon for
women. "I have no delusions
of grandeur about making the
Olympic Team, but my most
immediate goal is making the
time standard for the Olym-pic
Trial race."
Channer's plans are more
immediate, but they also in-volve
much training. "I'm go-ing
to start working hard to
get ready for track," she said.
B-Ball team beats
Alumni, St. Ben's
Skaters start slow,
aim to conference, top
Rich Jaeger goes up for a shot during Bethel's season opener, an 83-51 as "favorite" to defend its title.
victory over Concordia-St. Paul. The game will be played at
Copeland/photo Moorhead.
Channer, Norberg earn All-American honors